EarthSky https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html How to translate UTC to your local time zone Index Pareidolia is seeing things like faces in random objects Huge ancient sandstorm on Mars revealed in rippled sediments Visible planets and night sky guide for April Comet R3 PanSTARRS is brightening! Pics and chart here Hydra the Water Snake, the longest constellation See and hear galaxies evolving in new simulations Sun news: Wow! A 3rd far-side blast this week New meteor shower from an asteroid being eroded by the sun Ancestors of mammals laid eggs, says new fossil evidence 2026 Lyrid meteor shower: All you need to know Seattle waterspout! What are waterspouts and how do they form? The night sky in the time of the dinosaurs Coma Berenices galaxy cluster, best in April and May Blaze Star to go nova soon! Here’s how to see it The Big Dipper, the Pointers and Polaris The tree-kangaroo lives in the hidden world of the treetops Hidden soil fungi stole bacterial DNA to control the rain See Antlia the Air Pump on April evenings International Dark Sky Week is April 13 to 20 Asteroid Apophis to sweep close 3 years from tomorrow Why do Jupiter’s large moons outnumber Saturn’s? Universe’s expansion rate: ‘Something doesn’t add up’ Job Opportunities at EarthSky Jupiter’s moons: How to see and enjoy them What is the Earth’s most distant spacecraft? Hubble peers along Voyagers’ future paths Native Americans played dice more than 12,000 years ago Meteor shower guide 2026: Up next … the Lyrids Follow the arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica The Year Without a Summer: The chaos of 1816 Looking for sky almanacs? EarthSky recommends … Supermassive black holes could merge in 100 years There’s less ice in moon’s shadows than 1st thought Virga is rain that doesn’t reach the ground The best comets of 2026: Here’s what to watch for Bull sharks choose companions and form lasting bonds Fossils show humans’ invertebrate ancestors are older than we thought Watch sungrazing Comet MAPS break up near the sun Kochab and Pherkad: Outer bowl stars of the Little Dipper Full Blue Moon on May 30-31, 2026: What’s a Blue Moon? Walking robots on Mars could speed up life search Meet Chamaeleon, a southern constellation Easter is April 5 and Orthodox Easter is April 12 A new platypus mystery … hollow hairs like bird feathers! Meteors in moonlight: 6 tips for watching 11,000 new asteroids! Astronomers call it ‘tip of iceberg’ 5 insights on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from ESA’s Juice mission Artemis 2 splashdown! Astronauts return safely from historic mission